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Evil always prospers

Kindly indulge my compulsion to respond to Bishop Simeon Hall’s clarion call to pray for 30 days without murder.

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Pope Francis, who has called for action to stop climate change, is now the owner of a Nissan Leaf electric car. The vehicle was a gift from German investor Jochen Wermuth in February.

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Students get close-up look at work of US Coast Guard

A FIFTH grade class at Woodcock Primary School were invited to participate in a tour onboard the visiting US Coast Guard Guard Cutter Gannet while docked at the Prince George Wharf.

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‘Didn’t we do this last week?‘

THE Official Opposition has been suspended from Parliament for two House sessions.

GB residents to gain $3m energy windfall

Hard-pressed Grand Bahama residents will have a collective $3 million returned to them as a result of their energy provider’s revised tariff structure, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

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Young Man's View: Little festive cheer and goodwill for Bahamians

When one considers the recent crime wave and other national aliments afflicting our country, it is becoming patently clear that the wheels are coming off.

Govt urged to delay 12% VAT realty hike

The government was yesterday urged to postpone implementation of the 12 percent VAT rate on high-end real estate deals for two months so as not to derail transactions “already in the pipeline”.

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Ex-minister explores poultry farm revival

A former Cabinet minister yesterday revealed he is in the “advanced” stage of exploring whether to revive a Grand Bahama poultry operation that once produced 3m-5m pounds of chicken annually. Zhivargo Laing, who is the government’s chief World Trade

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Govt ‘strained’ by first non-profit bill

The Government would have placed increased “financial strain” upon itself had it gone through with the initial Non-Profit Organisations Bill version, sector representatives warned.

FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers: BBF needs $70,000 for team travel

WITH the third and final leg of the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers set for February 19-20, Bahamas Basketball Federation president Mario Bowleg said they will need about $70,000 for the team to travel to compete.

NPBA: Giants vs Rockets, Bucket vs High Flyers in Championships

BOTH championship matchups in the New Providence Basketball Association are all set and the quest for the 2018 title is down to its final series.The Commonwealth Bank Giants and Aliv Bucket Team advanced with wins on Wednesday night to conclude the s

Bank unable to recover 95% of VAT ‘inputs’

Commonwealth Bank yesterday predicted it would be unable to recover 95 per cent of its Value-Added Tax (VAT) input payments, given that ‘exempt’ revenue streams form the bulk of its income.

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Tech issues stall new betting tax

Bahamian gamblers will enjoy a two-month reprieve from the budget’s twin five percent levies because they are “not as easy and straightforward” to implement as the government thought.

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Ayton, Coleby share similar homecoming experiences

THE Bad Boy Mowers 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis featured its traditional field of elite NCAA Division I programmes but it also served as homecoming experiences for DeAndre Ayton and Dwight Coleby.

JBLN stun Freedom Farm

In one of the most dramatic comebacks at this year’s Bahamas Baseball Association’s G-Ball National Baseball Championships, the Junior Baseball League of Nassau stunned Freedom Farm to clinch the 14-and-under divisional title.

World War II veterans threaten to boycott govt's Remembrance Day ceremony

FRUSTRATED World War II veterans yesterday threatened to boycott the government's Remembrance Day ceremony in protest of its failure to increase war pensions for more than half a century.

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Mitchell says veterans’ pensions still under review

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday said the issue of pensions for World War II veterans is still under active review.

Parole committee to deliver recommendations

THE government’s commitment to effective rehabilitation and public safety will be put to the test when the Parole Re-entry Steering Committee delivers its recommendations for a parole system and the reintegration of past offenders into Bahamian society, according to committee Co-chair retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez.

Ayton posts double double in 123-110 loss to Hawks

ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 21 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away late to beat the Phoenix Suns 123-110 last night.

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Dead Sea Scrolls - a priceless link to the Bible's past,  when they are real

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, has removed five Dead Sea Scrolls from exhibits after tests confirmed these fragments were not from ancient biblical scrolls but forgeries.Over the last decade, the Green family, owners of the craft-supply c